Porsche introduced the first generation Boxster, which is best known as the 986, in late 1996 as a 1997 model. The word “Boxster” is actually a combination of the car’s type of engine, ‘boxer’ (horizontally mounted), and its convertible type of body, ‘roadster’.
The 986 Boxster has been produced at the company’s plant in Stuttgart, Germany. It has been also allowed by contract to be built by Finnish carmak... more